Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, holds a case containing the Nobel Peace Prize gold medal after the presentation in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964. Gunnar Jahn, chairma …

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, holds a case containing the Nobel Peace Prize gold medal after the presentation in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964. Gunnar Jahn, chairman of the Norwegian Parliament’s Nobel Committee, makes the presentation. King, 35, the youngest man ever to receive the prize, is the 12th American and the third black to be given the award. (AP Photo)